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- inteliboy4
I thought Trump couldn't be bought?
- Trump's castaways of deplorables must be fucking going nuts by now.utopian
- Embarrassingmonospaced
- inteliboy still hoping for Hillary to make a comeback, questions Trump's handling of donations.********
- huh? Hillary isn't president elect. stop bringing her up.inteliboy
- everytime we point at trump doing something highly questionable, if not offensive, you just turn around and say "yeah but Hillary is worse!"inteliboy
- Lol at political ignorance. Make sure you double-check Obama too, he rewarded big donors with J-O-B-S.robotron3k
- so you agree Trump is not doing anything different, as he promisedmonospaced
- Mono trying to protect Obama's legacy********
- hilarious. morons got duped.fadein11
- hey omg, that's not insulting, you assholemonospaced
- utopian5
These coal country voters backed Trump. Now they’re worried about losing Obamacare.
- They worry that a provision that makes it easier for coal miners with black lung disease to get disability benefits could get eliminated along with the law-smhwhatthefunk
- didn't trump say that he intended on keeping the "existing conditions" clause intact?Gnash
- Federal Black Lung Program is a separate thing altogether that also passes on to spouses after death https://www.dol.gov/…whatthefunk
- tough life for coal miners. i remember reading Orwell's, The Road to Wigan Pier. fucking harsh.Gnash
- whatthefunk3
We’re All a Little Biased, Even if We Don’t Know It
“Senator, please,” Mr. Pence said, addressing his Democratic opponent, Tim Kaine, “enough of this seeking every opportunity to demean law enforcement broadly by making the accusation of implicit bias every time tragedy occurs.”
The concept, in his words, came across as an insult, a put-down on par with branding police as racists. Many Americans may hear it as academic code for “racist.” But that connotation does not line up with scientific research on what implicit bias is and how it really operates.
Question: If my IAT (Implicit Association Test) shows that I have an implicit preference for one group over another, does that mean I am prejudiced?
The IAT shows biases that are not endorsed and that may even be contradictory to what one consciously believes. So, no, we would not say that such people are prejudiced. It is important to know, however, that implicit biases can predict behavior. When we relax our active efforts to be egalitarian, our implicit biases can lead to discriminatory behavior, so it is critical to be mindful of this possibility if we want to avoid prejudice and discrimination.
Take the Harvard test
https://implicit.harvard.edu/imp…Learn More
https://implicit.harvard.edu/imp…NYTimes Article
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/0…- IAT also shows most have a preference for tall men. https://www.youtube.…Gnash
- I recall that's why most CEOs on average are taller - we're biased to see tall people as more leader-like.whatthefunk
- that's one of the issues with these tests. what does one now do with the information - force HR to hire short people over tall to even the field ?Gnash
- implicit association in an incredibly useful trait yet are often viewed as exclusively negativeGnash
- people understand things by associating them with other things, and some associations are complex, others less so.Gnash
- great question, I think solutions start once an issue is identified and accepted. Many ignore that these implicit biases even exist, there's problem #1whatthefunk
- I believe the study aims to predict potential behavior based on biases, if acknowledged, perhaps it can be self corrected either individually/institu...whatthefunk
- “To live and grow up in our culture, then, is to ‘take in’ these cultural messages and biases and do so largely unconsciously.”whatthefunk
- idk, had a long conversation with a PHD on the subject and I found it interestingwhatthefunk
- It is very interesting. i.e., Williams Syndrom sufferers show no race based implicit associations:
http://www.cell.com/…Gnash - ^ suggests that there a biological component to this, among other interesting implicationsGnash
- ha, I took the test and result was I had no automatic preference btwn black and white people and it fucked w their premise...whatthefunk
- ya, that's an issue isn't it? universities are using these test in anti-bias training for staff. They are bang policies on this (among other things, of course)Gnash
- bang=policiesGnash
- idk, seems a short hop, skip and jump towards political re-education. makes me a little uneasy considering the science isn't at all establishedGnash
- agreed but I'm encouraged about starting a conversation about measuring people’s attitudes https://plato.stanfo…whatthefunk
- i wish they'd call it Implicit 'Association' instead of 'Bias'
Ironically, it's biased as a negative heuristicGnash - thanks for the link :)Gnash
- let's try to influence people's unconscious and thereby involuntary biases, cool breeze thought police********
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- give me your hug vouchers********
- lol.********
- there are some funny ones hereGnash
- I spent some time with a VERY liberal 28yo recently and had my 1st snowflake experience. I get the sentiment, can't deny it at all - too extreme in all ways...whatthefunk
- I've seen them cartoonishly drawn with multi-colored hair, thinking it was just goofing, but cried when i saw that these dyed hair snowflakes actually exist!********
- tell me that story again********
- lolinteliboy
- give me your hug vouchers
- whatthefunk7
- turnabout is fair play...whatthefunk
- these aren't funny, though. most are just racists, not trumpy.Gnash
- Dumb street fights, gas station encounters, drunks caught on camera, and overlaying faked CB convo over southern bike gangs footage is not PC.********
- I didn't learn anything from these and want my 14 minutes back. lol********
- yea turnabout is fair play, whatever the fuck that means********
- we both know these videos display the worst of both parties, you posted one and I posted the other - I believe we find ourselves in the middle...whatthefunk
- wtf: this video is not "equal" to the video t_c posted which had actual political representatives, celebrities voices, a long list of legitimate issues********
- mostly showing the hypocrisy of democrats and humorous sarcasm of a Trump supporter to lay out common sense priorities of what republicans put on the table.********
- it would have been better if this was a post-election video. this guys are all happy now.********
- #MAGAutopian
- #snowflakesutopian
- Are you trolling yourself now utopitard********
- Gnash-3
Kids in the Hall, 1993 :)
- naked, fat, crippled, dykes are hard to find. A google search just lead me to this video.eryx
- lolGnash
- https://s-media-cach…********
- Lol brilliant! How could they predict Hillary voters is amazing...robotron3k
- loLs********
- wow jesus. Man these guys were brilliant_niko
- whatthefunk5
- #WHORE FIRST LADY
#MAGA
#MADE IN CHINAutopian - lolmonospaced
- Security for the job creators are tax deductible.********
- ^ didn't you drop the "job creator bs" with the rest of the GOP? It's right up there with "trickle down" and "don't punish success" crap.formed
- Good marketing for a while, though. Suckers certainly ate it up (and some apparently still do).formed
- So you're saying security for job creators are NOT tax deductible? I think the IRS would tell you otherwise.********
- Would job recruiter be more appropriate? Or are we just not interested in paying finders fees?********
- interesting way to spin $909 million in losses that probably aren't even cash losses or financial losses, just real estate depreciation on leveraged assetswhatthefunk
- not illegal at all btw, I agree, it's just he's so good at net operating losses that he manages to fail in order to succeed financially - so smart...whatthefunk
- and with no skin in the game, b/c he's leveraged his other failures, he can afford to shut down an airline, football team, steak business, etc. and lose no $whatthefunk
- He'll cheat everyone or as Bloomberg puts it, "I'm a New Yorker, and New Yorkers know a con when we see one!"whatthefunk
- I was thinking about job creators everywhere, not just Trump, and the issues and issues regarding businesses paying taxes********
- people always seem to think negatively towards financial losses. While no one likes to lose, its better to think of them as learning experiences.********
- His losses would in turn be other people's gain, and yet he suffered more losses than anyone due to the corruption of the big banking system.********
- #WHORE FIRST LADY
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- Having 20 million potential voters show up at the polls looking for Pokemon could have won her the election.********
- haha, didn't see this, what a champion********
- Having 20 million potential voters show up at the polls looking for Pokemon could have won her the election.
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- your posts are shitfadein11
- my posts are the shit!********
- hahaha just like how you think being on the cover of time was an endorsement for trumpmonospaced
- omg - you've been spun like a fool.fadein11
- This much love and admiration for a political figure is creepy.inteliboy
- #MAGA2017********
- The right wing mentality = worship of authoritarianism and "strong leader"yuekit
- I don't know who's pandering is worse. Trump's or Garrison's. Either way, omg is eating it up like a fat kid does cake.kona
- Kona, do some juicing or something. Those sugars are horrible for your health.********
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- whatthefunk2
'Performing is a political statement': who will play Donald Trump's inauguration?
According to a recent report, not a single local Washington DC marching band has applied to perform during Trump’s swearing-in, making it the first time in decades regional band acts are not going to be involved in the festivities.
It was recently reported that the Mormon Tabernacle Choir was set to perform alongside the Marine Corps band, both positioned on the outdoor stand during Trump’s swearing-in, while the Rockettes will also perform.
- whatthefunk5
It looks like Russia hired internet trolls to pose as pro-Trump Americans
"I created this list of Russian trolls when I was researching. And I check on it once in a while, still. And a lot of them have turned into conservative accounts, like fake conservatives. I don't know what's going on, but they're all tweeting about Donald Trump and stuff," he said.
In his research from St. Petersburg, Chen discovered that Russian internet trolls — paid by the Kremlin to spread false information on the internet — have been behind a number of "highly coordinated campaigns" to deceive the American public.
- old article but I found it relevant to this thread...whatthefunk
- Alexander Joneski_niko
- https://www.washingt…Gnash
- This would be issues for Trump supporters if their information was compromised by lies. However if the Russians delivered truth then we should be thanking them.********
- The biggest perpetrators of helping Hillary lose the election were the pro-Hillary supporters and her campaign. No one needed a pro-Trumper to dislike Hillary.********
- Plain and simple, Trump said and spoke what other politicians were too scared to say. He grabbed and spoke the words of the people Hillary failed to connect to.********
- He was on the issues, and pounding that campaign trail harder than Hillary, she couldn't even stand by the time 9/11 came around. She fell.********
- While Hillary was fighting for equality rights for women. Trump was talking to folks who really needed help, and he didn't need to hire JayZ and Beyonce to win********
- Democrats destroyed themselves, starting with Bernie and they don't want to take blame or responsibility and use anti-Russian rhetoric as a shield.********
- #MRGAutopian
- https://pbs.twimg.co…********
- omfgmonospaced
- omg: "well, since trump won, who gives a fuck if Russia interfered right?"monospaced
- Were they the ones who got Hillary to create a private email server in her bathroom for everyone to see?********
- At most the Russians could have created the hillarious #Pizzagate scandal and that wasn't a big issue till after the campaign.********
- omfgmonospaced
- you were bangin on about pizzagate for ages lol - and what a fucking joke that was.fadein11
- utopian5
Donald Trump Can't Stop Talking About the Election
Donald Trump is known for using his Twitter account to rehash issues he feels are important, and one that he continues to bring up are the election results.
Trump's Electoral College victory hasn't stopped him from musing about the outcome and criticizing President Obama and his former rival Hillary Clinton.
"In typical Donald Trump fashion, most of what he communicates is done from a visceral place without, I think, a lot of strategic thought into it," said ABC News political analyst Matt Dowd.
The most recent instance was Tuesday, when Trump took aim at Obama and his failed attempts to get Clinton elected.
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Economists say Trump delivered hope
http://static2.politico.com/dims…http://www.politico.com/story/20…
Economists say Donald Trump is right to credit himself for sending consumer confidence to a 15-year high this month as Americans reported a rosy outlook for job creation, business growth and the stock market.
- "Now he needs to boost wages and create jobs to keep the economy on track"dorf
- Wrong omg.
There's just one problem: by taking credit for others' work, Trump's claims weren't even close to being true.kona - http://www.msnbc.com…kona
- Team Trump keeps pulling the scam in part to mislead people, but also because it keeps having the intended effect. The president-elect will tell reporters,kona
- as he did yesterday, about some encouraging economic development, which news organizations quickly pass along to the public – before the media realizeskona
- he’s trying to pull a fast one.
Again.
And people like you eat, it, up.kona - Kona believes anything. Like that burnt church piece you posted that turned out to be a fake hoax in addition to all the polls that had Hillary on top.********
- You really think a NBC smear piece with the same qualities of an SNL skit is news?********
- You've got to get off that fake snake and do something better for yourself. Turn off your MSM and do some yoga or some peaceful meditation.********
- 3 Ironic posts in a row is a new record for you.kona
- Calm down, light some candles, close your eyes and breathe.********
- Kona believe anything? didn't; you think Hillary ran a child sex ring? and still think Obama isn't USA born? lol.inteliboy
- It's publicly known facts that the Clinton's have been involved in sex crimes and scandals for a long time. Stop ignoring the truth.********
- no it isn't, omgmonospaced
- starting with the semen on his blue dress, mono denies all.********
- that wasn't a child sex ring, you moronmonospaced
- instant denial once again from mono. The Clinton's have been involved in sex crimes and scandals for a long time. Stop ignoring.********
- I'm not ignoring anything, I"m just saying that there's no evidence of them fucking children, you jerk.monospaced
- what about the sex ring of aborted fetuses getting fucked over in life? Those kids probably don't matter to you, do they?********
- take your meds, you cray craymonospaced
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- Ramanisky20
- We're full on 100% into the movie Idiocracy now. There's no going back.
Way to go stupid people.kona - what....the....fuckformed
- Kona needs hugs.********
- You're a main character omgmonospaced
- We're full on 100% into the movie Idiocracy now. There's no going back.
- face_melter3
- that's the new "Internets" https://en.wikipedia…sted
- Embarrassingmonospaced
- to be fair, english isn't jackie chan's first language.Gnash
- lol_niko
- http://i.imgur.com/4…whatthefunk
- No freedom if the anti-Russian hacking elections and fake news rhetoric moves towards censorship. Leave it to the folks to continually destroy from within.********
- Censorship?monospaced
